Friday's Top Performing Healthcare Stocks

Image via Wikipedia Here are today's top performing Biotech, Pharmaceutical and Medical Stocks. The stock market did well today but these stocks took off today. Most have been beaten up pretty bad with the economic downturn this past year and lack of credit lending for biotech businesses by the big banks.

Top Performing Medical Stocks

Jazz Pharma rejected for Fibramyalgia Drug by FDA vote 20-2

Image via Wikipedia Okay I'm not going to write an article about woulda coulda shoulda. But Jazz was shot down today heavily by the FDA by a vote of 20-No 2 Yes. Mostly due to concerns over abuse of the JZP-6 sodium oxybate drug which is highly similar to GHB. GHB was banned altogether by the FDA in 1990 and is viewed to have no medical benefits in the US.